Welcome to Drum ...
So far, we found very little information about Drum. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Drum to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Drum, please Contact Us.
Drum would have been located within present day Placer County<2>.
The location of Drum has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Drum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Drum is 4,650 feet [1,417 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Drum is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Drum was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Drum once stood is in the (530) area code.
Communities Also Named Drum ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Drum - they are located in Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Drum.
Communities near Drum ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Drum.
- Grass Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
- Grass Valley is located in Nevada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,763 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grass Valley <5>
- Nevada City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
- Nevada City is located in Nevada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada City <5>
- Colfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Colfax is located in Placer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,009 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colfax <5>
- Alta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Alta is located in Placer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alta <5>
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
- Dutch Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flat
- Dutch Flat is located in Placer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dutch Flat <5>
- Emigrant Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigrant Gap
- Emigrant Gap is located in Placer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emigrant Gap <5>
- Gold Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Run
- Gold Run is located in Placer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gold Run <5>
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Washington is located in Nevada County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <5>
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Drum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Drum.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Drum. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drum.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Drum. See our Newspapers Page for Drum.
Adding Drum to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Drum in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Drum was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Drum post office opened in 1913.
We also found Drum mentioned on a train schedule titled Yosemite Valley Railway Employees' Time Table #109 (May 1941).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Drum.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Placer County: www.placer.ca.gov/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Drum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Placer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drum - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |